Tag Archives: Defense

[ad_1] US President Joe Biden speaks on his economic policies at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 20, 2023.  Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images The United States carried out an additional strike against Yemen’s Houthi forces on Friday, two officials told Reuters, after …

[ad_1] Taiwanese Soldiers stand guard as CM-11 tanks are deployed to a live ammunition military drill at an unnamed location, amid rising tensions with China, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, 21 December 2021. Taiwan has been facing intensifying military threats from China including Chinese PLA warplanes sent to cruise around the island, …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Amid tensions in the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized, including spending four days in the intensive care unit, according to two senior administration officials. The Pentagon did not inform senior officials in the White House’s National Security Council of Austin’s hospitalization until Thursday …

[ad_1] A shelter for protecting residents from potential North Korean attacks stands on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, on Friday, June 26, 2020. On the sleepy island of Yeonpyeong, the threat of conflict is constant with North Korean coastal howitzers just 11 kilometers (7 miles) away and propaganda banners visible through …

[ad_1] People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on September 13, 2023. North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles, the South Korean military said on September 13, with leader Kim Jong Un …

[ad_1] Taiwanese solders fire artillery during the 2-day live-fire drill, amid intensifying threats military from China, in Pingtung county, Taiwan, 7 September 2022. Taipei has been receiving more arms sales and weapons from the US, while fostering its ties with countries like Japan, the UK, Canada and India, as Beijing …

[ad_1] Ukrainian servicemen board a boat on the shore of the Dnipro river at the front line near Kherson, Ukraine, on Oct. 15, 2023. Mstyslav Chernov | AP Following the confirmation that Ukrainian forces had crossed the Dnieper river into Russian-occupied territory in recent weeks, hopes have risen that this …